West Bengal special court summons Amit Shah in Abhishek Banerjee defamation case
Synopsis
The judge directed Shah’s attendance either personally or through a lawyer who is necessary to answer to a charge of defamation under section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
A designated MP/MLA court in West Bengal on Friday has summoned Union Home Minister Amit Shah to appear either personally or through a lawyer before it on February 22 in connection with a defamation case lodged against him by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee.
The special judge of MP/MLA court at Bidhannagar directed that Shah is “required to appear in person/by pleader” at 10 am on that day.
The judge directed Shah’s attendance either personally or through a lawyer who is necessary to answer to a charge of defamation under section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
In a press note, Abhishek Banerjee’s lawyer Sanjay Basu claimed that Shah had made certain defamatory statements against the TMC MP on August 11, 2018 at a rally of the BJP at Mayo Road in Kolkata.